Synoptical and Specific Descriptions. 
C. bajonense. (New species.) 1 Vern. name— io, 1 1, Katumba. A small tree with leaves opposite, oval to elliptical, 7 c.m. long, 4-5 c.m. wide, rounded at the base and 
apex but shortly pointed and with petiole 1*5 c.m. long, glabrous and shining above, minutely pubescent below; the cross veins not prominent. Spike axillary 2*5-5 
c.m. long; flowers not seen; fruit 4 c.m. long and wide, 4 winged, rusty-ferruginous. Magenja da Costa. Sim 5715. 
Plate LX 1 1 1 . C. I, Leaf; 2, Fruit. 
C. ellipticum. (New species.)’ Vern. name — 10, 1 1, Inama. A small tree with leaves usually opposite, elliptical, 10-15 c.m. long, 4 5 c.m. wide, rounded below, rounded 
and bluntly pointed or sometimes acute at the apex, the upper surface woolly or pubescent, the under surface densely canescent; petiole 4-7 m.m. long. Leaves of 
coppice shoots often in threes, 15-20 c.m. long, obovate and acute. Spikes axillary, 3-5 c.m. long, and like the young wood white with soft short hairs. Fruit 2 c.m. 
long, 4-winged, at first foxy, afterwards with yellow glabrous wings. Flowers not seen. Magenja da Costa. Sim 6068. 
Plate LXIII. D. i, Leaf; 2, Fruit. 
C. microphyllum, Klotzsch (in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot., 74). Vern. names — 4, Hlaba-konkonya ; 15, Mhlalavan. A small tree, 3-6 metres high ; young growth pubes- 
cent ; leaves opposite, alternate or 3-4 whorled, pubescent when young, glabrous or glabrescent when old, shortly obovate, 3-5 c.m. long, 2-3 c.m. wide, shortly 
pointed. Spikes axillary, numerous, 5 c.m. long, pubescent. Flowers yellow, 4-nate. Fruit 2 c.m. long. Abundant at Umbelusi and Lebombo (extra-tropical). 
Timber hard and durable, but stem usually gnarled and often unsound. 
Plate LXII. A. 1, Young foliage ; 2, Old leaves ; 3, Inflorescence ; 4, Flower, x 3 ; 5, Fruit. 
C. Kraussii, Hochst. Vern. names — 4, 15, Shuanduan or Chivondwana Kakutu ; 6, ('hicacute ; 13, Umdubu-we hlati. A large tree. Twigs, younger growth and 
inflorescence puberulous or minutely pubescent. Leaves mostly opposite, obovate, bluntly pointed, tapering to the short petiole. Spikes oblong, axillary, 2-3 c.m. 
long, on 3 c.m. peduncles, many-flowered, pubescent. Fruit 1-5 c.m. long and wide, widely winged. Bark thin, smooth, green on young wood, dark and furrowed 
on old stems. Foliage red in autumn and winter, while the fruits are yellowish-white and look like flowers from a distance. This large species which is frequent in 
Pondoland and Natal extends more sparingly through Maputa, Marracuene, Gaza and M’Chopes, the stem sometimes 1 metre in diameter. For illustration see 
“ Forest Flora of Cape Colony,” p. 222 and Plate LXIX. The vernacular names of several somewhat similar species of Combretum are more or less transferable. 
C. holosericeum, Sond. Vern. name — 4, 15, Mbondo-m-nyama. Tree 4-8 metres high with extremities and young parts silky-pubescent, and with rugged black 
bark from which it takes its native name. Leaves ovate or obovate from a rounded or sub-cordate base, bluntly pointed, 6-1; c.m. long, 5-7 c.m. wide, lomentose 
below, pubescent above, and with petiole up to 1 c.m. long. Spikes axillary, or more usually axillary to bracts on short young branches from the lower axils of last 
year’s wood, these flowering branches having foliage crowns, and at least sometimes growing into leafy branches. Flowers 4-nate. Fruits 2 c.m. long, somewhat 
pubescent. Timber very hard and durable but gnarled and unshapely, and seldom of large size. Abundant on and below the Lebombos in Maputa and Marra- 
cuene (extra-tropical) ; also present in the Transvaal. 
Plate LXII. C. I, Flowering branch ; 2, Leaves (medium or small) ; 3, Flower, x 3 ; 4, Fruit. 
C. Zeyheri, Sond. Vern. name — 4, 15, Mbondo-m-hlope, which name is shared with C. salicifolium. A small tree, with densely tomenlosc branches and younger 
parts, and with nearly white old bark from which it takes its native name. Leaves opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, 10 c.m. long, 5 c.m. wide, acute, rounded below, 
rigid, glabrous above, almost glabrous on the petiole and veins, minutely pubescent on the under surface, and with petiole up to 1*5 c.m. long. Spikes axillary. 
Fruits 3-5 c.m. long, wings 7-10 m.m. deep, glabrous. Timber hard, durable, gnarled. Frequent on the Lebombo Range in Maputa and Marracuene ; occurs also 
in the Transvaal. 
PLATE LXIII. A. I, Branch with leaf and fruit ; 2, Young inflorescence ; 3, Flower, x 4 ; 4, Petal, x 8. 
C. apiculatum, Sond. Unknown to me ; included in “ Flora of Tropical Africa” among those having the leaves sparingly lepidote, at least when young, and the fruits 
large, and described thus ; — “Small tree. Branches round, glabrous. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, elliptic or elliptical-oblong, 2A-3 inches long, ij-i £ inches 
’Combretum bajonense. (Sp. nov.) Arbor parva; foliis oppositis, ovalibus vel ellipticis, 7 c.m. longis, 4-5 c.m. latis, ulrinque rotundatis nisi apice subacuto, petiolo 1*5 c.m. longo, in pnginn superiore 
glabris nitidis, in pagina inferiore pubescentia tenui vestitis, venis transversis non conspicuis ; inflorescentiis axillaribus spicatis, 2‘55 c.m. longis 1 fruclibus 4 C.m. longis et Intis, olis 4 robiginosia pracdilis. 
Magenja da Costa. Sim 5715. Tab. LXIII. C. 
’Combretum ellipticum. (Sp. nov.) Arbor parva; foliis plerumque oppositis, ellipticis, 10-15 c.m. longis, 4-5 c.m. latis, bosi rotundntis, apice tantum non obtusis vel inlcrdum nculis, in pagina 
superiore lanosis vel pubescentibus, in pagina inferiore dense canescentibus ; petiolo 4-7 m.m. longo. Ramorum in virgultis foliis saepe ternis, 15-20 c.m. longiv, nbovutis, aculis ; inflorescentiis axillaribus, spicatis, 
3-5 c.m. longis, albis, pilis mollibus brevibus vestitis; fructus 2 c.m. longi alis 4, primo rufis, postea fulvis glabris. Magenja da Costa. Sim 6068. Tab. LXIII. 1 ), 
